Google Inc. has decided not to attend a Silicon Valley fundraising event it helped plan for Sen. Mike Lee (R., Utah) after the senator said he’s starting an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the government’s decision to close an antitrust investigation into the company two years ago.

Messaging apps for smartphones are an increasingly popular way for people to communicate around the world. Take our quiz to see if you know which country each of these successful messaging apps comes from.

Amazon.com is extending nationwide an offering that connects shoppers with local service providers, including Dish satellite-television service, PepBoys auto-parts stores and handyman marketplace TaskRabbit.

How is a smartphone maker to stand out in a market of black rectangular slabs with increasingly similar hardware specifications? If you're LG Electronics, the answer involves more color and more whimsy.

Jurors in the Pao vs. Kleiner Perkins case captivating Silicon Valley have zeroed in on the words of a senior partner at the venture-capital firm that could prove central to a verdict: that junior partner Ellen Pao lacked the “genetic makeup” to be promoted to investor.

Fanuc Chief Executive Yoshiharu Inaba talks about how his company is taking steps to open up and how the Japanese maker of industrial robots will increase financial returns for investors, following criticism from Daniel Loeb, head of the New York hedge fund Third Point.

Google is introducing its cheapest Chromebooks yet, the $149 Hisense Chromebook and the Haier Chromebook 11. On Tuesday, the search giant also teased a dongle, dubbed the Chromebit, which—for still less money—will bring the Web-browser-centric Chrome OS to any TV or monitor with an HDMI input.